Colombian army: FARC are weakened
Colombian armed forces commander General Freddy Padilla said Tuesday that FARC numbers have sharply declined in recent years, in response to a Red Cross warning that the guerrilla group are…
Colombian armed forces commander General Freddy Padilla said Tuesday that FARC numbers have sharply declined in recent years, in response to a Red Cross warning that the guerrilla group are…
Colombian commander of the armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, will on Wednesday meet with military heads from Mexico and the U.S. to discuss working together to combat drug-trafficking and terrorism,…
Colombia’s armed forces commander General Freddy Padilla said Wednesday the army must focus on preventing kidnappings by guerrilla group the FARC, and that it will not stop using force to…
The release of FARC hostages Pablo Emilio Moncayo and Joshua Daniel Calvo, which was scheduled to occur in the last 72 hours, is on Monday still pending, as authorities await…
Commander of the Colombian armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, announced Wednesday that everything is ready for the release of FARC hostages Pablo Emilio Moncayo and Josue Daniel Calvo and that…
Colombia’s military attache in Brazil, Colonel Juan Carlos Castañeda, resigned Thursday, and army Colonel Rodrigo Martinez Silva was fired, after a tape of them celebrating at the wedding of a suspected…
Colombian police on Monday announced the capture of a Cali pilot thought to be involved in a U.S.-Colombian drug-trafficking operation, as a result of the new phase of “Operation Frontiers,” reported…
Colombia’s armed forces on Monday backed the government’s position that police and military operations cannot be suspended around the congressional elections on March 14 to facilitate the liberation of FARC…
Colombian police on Sunday said that they have evidence of plots by guerrilla groups FARC and ELN to sabotage the congressional elections on March 14. According to the police’s civil…